Anti-Terror Units

Anti-Terror Units
Anti-Terror Units
Kurdish: Yekîneyên Antî Teror
Active	2014–present
Country	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Branch	People's Protection Units (YPG); Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
Type	Special forces
Role	Counter-insurgency; Counter-terrorism; Direct action; High-value targets; Manhunting; Intelligence operations; Mobility operations; Unconventional warfare
Engagements	Syrian Civil War Operation Euphrates Shield; Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) Battle of Tabqa (2017); Battle of Raqqa (2017); ; Deir ez-Zor offensive (September 2017–March 2018); Operation Olive Branch; Eastern Syria insurgency (2017–present);
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Ali Boutan (nom de guerre: Haji Kurkhan) †; Shervan Kobani †

The Anti-Terror Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Antî Teror, short: YAT, Arabic: وحدات مكافحة الإرهاب) are the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces, consisting of the best trained and equipped members of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's Protection Units (YPJ). They were led by the Syrian Kurdish commander Ali Boutan until his death in 2016, then by Shervan Kobani until his death in 2023. YAT is trained by United States special operations forces and the CIA.

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